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TORONTO On the eve of Remembrance Day, a Canadian soldier who survived an axe wound to the head in Afghanistan says it's important to fight for Canada's freedoms regardless of the sacrifice it entails.

"The very fact we're doing this (type of event) . the folks in theatre watching this are realizing that Canadians appreciate their service and sacrifice. It's huge."

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But retired Capt. Trevor Greene says it's equally crucial to support the families of those who risk their lives because they are often the ones responsible for their recovery.

Speaking to the gathering Tuesday night, he recalled how Natynczyk told him a day earlier, after he received his Sacrifice Medal, that his new mission was to get well.

"Men and women are in harm's way and they're there for the defence of Canada and the question in their mind, as I was on tour many years, you wonder, do Canadians really appreciate what those men and women are doing?" he said.

"We have seen that love and loyalty expressed in countless other ways by groups and individuals from coast to coast to coast."

the True Patriot Love Foundation gala dinner in Toronto, a charity event to raise money for the Canadian Military Families Fund.

"It means no family will be left behind," said Greene, who was injured in March 2006 when he and other members of the Canadian military were meeting with village elders north of Kandahar.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who spoke at the event, said he was happy to see public expressions of support for Canada's troops and their families flourish across the country in recent years.

to speak and some use of his arms, and while he's confined to a wheelchair, he vows to walk down the aisle in July.

His fiancee Debbie Lepore was told he would be mentally incapacitated and should be placed in a long term care facility.

Greene was ambushed by a young villager when, in a gesture of respect for their hosts during the meeting, the soldiers removed their helmets.

Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk said events that acknowledge the danger soldiers put themselves in every day help bolster those fighting overseas, because it shows them the people at home appreciate the huge risks they take.

"Public appreciation for our military may be higher today than at any time since the Second World War," said Harper.